Puerile Poetry*
By M.-L.
@MALUSE (69413)
Germany
August 20, 2016 7:27am CST
Last night
I got a fright.
Switched on the light.
What a sight!
A knight on my myLot site.
Ready to write
The best Suddendeath poem that has ever been written.
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*Entry for this week's Suddendeath Poetry Challenge by @Jessicalynnt
Assignment: Write a poem using the following words: write, fright, sight, light, night
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Photo: Me, probably 8 or 9 years old
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
20 Aug 16
Thank you for showing us that photo again (with the borrowed-for-the-occasion fountain pen!). There is so much character in it! I'd like to bet that any boy who dared to pull those braids got more than he bargained for ... and still would, even though the braids are figurative!
I have to say that I could do no better with the words given, though the appearance of a knight is startling and mysterious!
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
20 Aug 16
@MALUSE I remember that was the deal.
I imagined the ghostly image of the knight (in gleaming helmet and visor) reflected in your monitor as if just behind your shoulder. Enough to make anyone's blood run cold as a distant town clock strikes midnight!
@MALUSE (69413)
• Germany
20 Aug 16
I'm dumbfounded that you remember the borrowed fountain-pen! Indeed. And the owner of the fountain-pen used my exercise-book with my drawing of the squirrel for the photo.
The mysterious knight is meant to give my otherwise shallow poem some depth. :-)
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@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
20 Aug 16
That is such a cute photo! And a good job with the poem! Definitely the best one ever.
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@Ceerios (4698)
• Goodfellow, Texas
20 Aug 16
@MALUSE - M.-L. - It behooves a gentleman to retain his gentleness and to reserve his comments to kind sayings that bear witness to the bald truths. Ergo: You looked like the kind of kid when you were young that any father would be proud of. As a followup to that, "Poetry is what a person makes of it." -Gus-
@WorDazza (15833)
• Manchester, England
22 Aug 16
I've just noticed that Barry has used the comment I wanted to use. Although I would have said 10 years!!
Now you've started on the titles I expect more 
Is that a proper old-fashioned fountain pen you're holding in the photograph? I used to love writing with those!
Is that a proper old-fashioned fountain pen you're holding in the photograph? I used to love writing with those!
@sabtraversa (12997)
• Italy
20 Aug 16
Good job on the poetry.
What a sweet pair of braids you had on that photo. 
I never had them. 
What a sweet pair of braids you had on that photo.
I never had them. 
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Aug 16
very nice! I rather liked it was a knightly writer!
